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I have a question, especially for those of you with Vet knowledge, but would be interested to hear from anyone. Our 2 babies are scheduled to have their spays tomorrow. They are 6 months. My vet's policy is that the dogs stay overnight. There will be no one at the office from 5:30PM until 7:30AM. I am welcome to come and get them at 9:00AM after they have checked them out. When I questioned this they said that they will keep them in a small cage so that they can't move around. I totally understand this but asked if they wouldn't be better off at home where they can be monitored, then all alone at the Vet's office. I like these people and they know me. They told me that truly the dogs would do fine and it would be worse on me than on them. Well, my husband is going to drop them off tomorrow morning on his way to his office and he didn't realize they were staying overnight. When I told him about the 14 hours unattended he said absolutely not! So he'll call and tell them tomorrow morning that we'll either let them spay but we'll be picking them up tomorrow afternoon, or we'll find a new vet. He feels that 14 hours is too long for the dogs to be alone post anesthesia. (My husband is an Oral Surgeon, so he knows pretty much about human anesthesia.)
Does anyone else have any thoughts, or are we being too freaky here? This is kind of beside the point, but I have 2 dogs that together represent a lot of money. We either want them attended there, or attended here. I would appreciate some advice from you, or at least a concensus of what others have experienced.
Susan
Does anyone else have any thoughts, or are we being too freaky here? This is kind of beside the point, but I have 2 dogs that together represent a lot of money. We either want them attended there, or attended here. I would appreciate some advice from you, or at least a concensus of what others have experienced.
Susan